we use LDAP for authentication on our intranet apps. We use a sun ONE IIRC. Its fairly easy to use cfldap tag for this. Googling should get you an example or three. I suggest getting the ldap browser tool from softerra, its free, and it simply rocks.
D On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 12:50:42 -0600, Dawson, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What brand of LDAP server are you planning on using? If it's Windows > Active Directory, there are some things to know about. > > I use IIS/browser authentication for our intranet, but I use CFLDAP to > connect to Active Directory to get group membership for each user. I > also pull mailbox-related information for Exchange mailbox size > reporting. > > I'm planning on rewriting my intranet so that I can use an html form for > username/password to make it a bit more portable on PDAs and other > mobile devices. > > If you have an LDAP server, use it rather than creating a DB to hold > security information. You can add people to group, add attributes, etc. > LDAP is mainly geared for user-type storage so there is little reason to > rebuild if LDAP will support your requirements. > > If you plan on selling this system, then a DB would be a bit more > portable than LDAP. > > M!ke > > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Kessler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 12:32 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: LDAP > > My boss asked me to hook into our ldap system for password validation > and I'm looking for any heads-up or advice that I could get. Do people > use cfLDAP for this? If I have an app and I just want a few people to > have access to it, do I use a DB to store access groups and names of > people and use LDAP to verify the passwords? > How would that normally work? > > thanks. > > -- > Daniel Kessler > > Department of Public and Community Health University of Maryland Suite > 2387 Valley Drive College Park, MD 20742-2611 > 301-405-2545 Phone > www.phi.umd.edu > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:198678 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
